Putting people at the heart of our work

•   Salary: £32,792 per annum (prorated to part time hours)
•   Work pattern: 0.6 or 0.8 – open to the conversation around what working hours might fit best.
•   Location: Edinburgh (Home based with occasional travel and in person working 

As Foundation Scotland grows as an organisation, we’re expanding our People & Culture team, making this the perfect moment to join. You’ll have genuine scope to shape processes, contribute to people centred projects, and influence the employee experience across the full lifecycle. You’ll work closely with our People & Culture Business Partner, line managers and colleagues across the organisation, becoming a trusted go to person for HR support. Whether you love engaging with people, improving processes, designing great experiences or diving into people data this role offers breadth, variety and meaningful impact.

What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll balance day to day HR operations with contributing to a range of people projects perfect if you’re eager to broaden your experience and stretch your HR capabilities.

Your responsibilities will include:
•    Being the first point of contact for employees and managers, offering clear, solution focused HR advice across the full lifecycle. 
•    Supporting on recruitment, onboarding, contract changes, performance, and leavers ensuring a smooth, consistent employee experience. 
•    Contributing to engagement, wellbeing and culture initiatives, including surveys, feedback analysis and action planning. 
•    Helping to develop and embed policies, toolkits, and training to support managers and strengthen people practices. 
•    Making confident use of digital tools, HR systems and people data to support reporting and continuous improvement. 
•    Working collaboratively across teams and contributing to organisational priorities. 
•    Playing an active role in people centric projects, helping us improve processes and embed new ways of working. 

This is an exciting, hands on role where your ideas and initiative will be welcomed and valued.

About You
You’ll thrive in this role if you are:
•    Passionate about people, culture and creating a great workplace.
•    Great at building relationships and putting people at ease. 
•    Able to juggle multiple priorities and stay focused in evolving situations. 
•    A confident recruiter: you will be comfortable managing end to end recruitment as we continue to expand our team.
•    Confident interpreting and communicating people information. 
•    Digitally capable, with experience using systems and data to support your work. 

You’ll bring HR experience or perhaps be ready to step from talent acquisition into a broader generalist role. You will have your CIPD qualification or already be in part study. Most importantly, you’ll be someone who cares deeply about supporting people and helping our organisation be at its best.

Ready to Apply?
If you’re excited by the chance to make a real impact, to grow your HR expertise and to support an organisation doing incredible things across Scotland then we’d love to hear from you. More detail about the role and experience required is available in the job description/person specification which you can download here.  

Once you have read this, you can apply here. Please attach a CV and detailed covering letter, outlining how you meet the criteria set out in the job description/person specification.

The application deadline is the 18th March. Interviews will be held in person in Edinburgh on 27th March. 

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact jane@foundationscotland.org.uk

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•   Salary: £28,287 per annum
•   Hours: 35 hours per week 
•   Location: Edinburgh

Foundation Scotland is on a growth trajectory. The Board is committed to supporting this growth and have set aside funds for investment in technology and systems improvement. We use SunSytems for accounting and budgeting and have interfaces to our Grantmaking and Donor Database (Salesforce) and invoices and expenses system (ExpenseIn).

This role will take on responsibility for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the accounting data in SunSystems and SalesForce predominantly through the use of interface tools. There is still a small degree of manual processing, however the post holder, working with finance and accounting colleagues, will be encouraged to explore new ways to streamline tasks and automate processes further.

This is an exciting role for someone who thrives on continuous improvement and optimizing IT to provide accurate and timeous financial information alongside excellent customer care. In return, Foundation Scotland offers a range of benefits including: 35 days annual leave, training opportunities, flexible working opportunities, employer pension contributions and a progressive pay system with benchmarked annual increases.

More detail about the role and experience required is available in the job description/person specification which you can download here.

Once you have read this, you can apply here. Please attach a CV and detailed covering letter, outlining how you meet the criteria set out in the job description/person specification.

Closing date for applications: Friday 20th March.

The Finance team is based in Edinburgh but are currently working remotely. Interviews will be held on Friday 27th March in person in Edinburgh.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact jane@foundationscotland.org.uk

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•   Salary: £45,392 (full-time). As this role is 21 hours a week (0.6 of full-time) the salary will be £27,235 
•   Location: Edinburgh but could be partially or fully remote 
•   Work pattern: 3 days a week/21 hours a week 
•   Contract: 18 months (2026-2027/2028, programme due to run until 2035) 

The Regenerative Futures Fund is a co-designed, community-rooted initiative to tackle poverty, racism and climate change in Edinburgh. A pooled fund providing unrestricted long-term funding, and decisions made by residents with lived experience, it is reshaping how funding can empower and transform. The programme was designed between 2022 and 2024, the capacity building phase launched in 2025, and the ten-year programme starts in 2026. Our first Annual Report was published in late 2025.

Role Overview 
As we enter this new phase, we are seeking a skilled fundraiser to help secure significant philanthropic support for the £15.8m Regenerative Futures Fund. With £9.1m already committed and strong relationships across Scotland and the UK, you’ll play a key role in driving the next phase of growth.
The postholder will secure 5–7 figure gifts from Trusts & Foundations by researching prospects, writing high quality proposals, and stewarding strong funder relationships.

What We Are Looking For
We’re looking for a proactive and skilled fundraiser who can identify and cultivate relationships with trusts and foundations. You’ll be confident researching prospects, managing a pipeline, and developing tailored engagement approaches. You’ll bring strong writing skills, with the ability to craft compelling proposals, cases for support, and applications that clearly communicate our impact. You’ll also be comfortable gathering project, budget, and outcomes information to strengthen submissions.

Relationship building will be at the heart of your work. You’ll maintain positive, professional connections with funders, acting as their main point of contact for enquiries and updates. You’ll also support reporting and administration by keeping accurate Salesforce records, contributing to donor communications, and supporting monitoring and evaluation processes. If you’re an excellent writer and a natural relationship builder with a passion for impactful fundraising, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information on the role and how to apply, you can download our recruitment pack here.

Once you have read this, you can apply here.

The deadline for applications is 23rd March 2026 at 12noon.

Benefits

•    A progressive pay system with benchmarked annual increases
•    Life Assurance at 3 times annual salary
•    Defined contribution scheme with 7% Employer’s contribution
•    35 days annual leave [including bank holidays)
•    2 days equivalent paid volunteering
•    Training and development opportunities
•    Working pattern flexibility and homeworking
•    Employee Assistance Plan

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact jane@foundationscotland.org.uk

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